| 摘要 |
A liquid heating vessel (2) has a body (32) and a heater (16) mounted in a base portion of the body. The vessel body (32) has an annular surface (30) for receiving a seal (28) which is arranged between the heater (16) and the annular surface (30). An axially compressible spring means (38) is arranged to exert an axial biasing force for sealing the seal (28) against the sealing surface (30). The spring means comprises a plurality of tongues (40) which locate in recesses (42) provided in the vessel body (32). <IMAGE> |
